"Zea" meaning in All languages combined

See Zea on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Zeas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Zea, probably a variant of Cea, named after several placenames in the Iberian peninsula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gl|-}} Galician, {{bor|en|es|Zea}} Spanish Zea Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Zea (plural Zeas)
  1. A surname.

Proper name [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈθea/, [ˈθe.a], /ˈsea/, [ˈse.a]
Rhymes: -ea Etymology: Variant of Cea. from Galician. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|gl|-}} Galician Head templates: {{es-proper noun|mfbysense}} Zea m or f by sense
  1. a surname from Galician Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la-new|zea}} New Latin zea, {{der|mul|grc|ζειά||spelt}} Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Zea|nogendercat=1}} Zea f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the teosintes, a group of large grasses that includes maize. Tags: feminine Hyponyms: Zea mays (english: type species), Zea diploperennis, Zea luxurians, Zea mexicana, Zea nicaraguensis, Zea perennis (english: other accepted species) Hyponyms (genus): Zea sect. Zea, Zea sect. Luxuriantes (english: sections)
    Sense id: en-Zea-mul-name-t8GO7wVc Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, monocots, commelinids (english: clades), Poales (english: order), Poaceae (english: family), Panicoideae (english: subfamily), Sacchareae (english: tribe), Tripsacinae (english: subtribe)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "Poales"
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          "word": "Panicoideae"
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          "word": "Sacchareae"
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          "word": "Tripsacinae"
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          "word": "Zea diploperennis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zea luxurians"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "Zea nicaraguensis"
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        },
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        },
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        [
          "teosinte",
          "teosinte"
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      "ipa": "[ˈse.a]"
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      "english": "superkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "translation": "superkingdom",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
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    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "translation": "kingdom",
      "word": "Plantae"
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      "english": "clades",
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    {
      "english": "order",
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    },
    {
      "english": "family",
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    },
    {
      "english": "subfamily",
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    },
    {
      "english": "tribe",
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      "word": "Sacchareae"
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    {
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      "word": "Tripsacinae"
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      "english": "type species",
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    {
      "word": "Zea diploperennis"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Zea mexicana"
    },
    {
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